Michael, Chad

Branch: DEA

Rank: Special Agent

Description: Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Chad L. Michael died on October 26, 2009 at the age of 30, when the U.S. military helicopter he was in crashed while returning from a joint counternarcotics mission in Western Afghanistan. Special Agent Michael was a member of DEA’s Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Team (FAST) Alpha, assigned to Afghanistan. He began his law enforcement career as a patrol officer with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.